Hi Delta,
I find the new terrain much pleasing to the eye myself, but it does indeed come with a graphical "hit" on ones machine. In your case, you may not notice it, but I assure you it is there. A result of this has been that HTC has imposed a "balance" if you will in that haze has been introduced to a much higher degree than has been seen in the past. Anywhere you go on the map, regardless of time of day it is there.
This allows, at shorter distances for the new terrain to be revealed in all its glory, but disallows a decent view at a distance of anything for the pilots. One pilot told me he found it more "realistic". By the same token, haze is not something which is in evidence at all times of the day or over an entire "world" if you will.
Personally, I'd like to see the curtain pulled off the new maps/terrain and see firsthand how much of a performance hit is the actual case with the "haze" being done away with for a few days.
Obviously HTC is hesitant to implement anything which will or would require a corresponding move by its customers to upgrade their machines and this is quite understandable as they would inevitably lose paying customers (revenue) in return. If indeed the new terrain requires the "haze" to be in effect in order to minimize the graphical impact on our collective boxes, I personally would like to see a return to the "old" terrain and have HTC implement the new stuff when the natural evolution of hardware has reached the point where the vast majority of players' computers could handle it.
"Haze gray and underway" is nice if one is in the Navy, but if not, turn it off or give me the old graphics/terrain back.
Regards, Odd:cry
(For those about to bash, I've put in my own "teardrop" to make it easier for you.)
